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BKK AS
Type Private
Industry Power
FoundedJune 2, 1920
Headquarters Bergen, Norway
Area served
Norway
Key people
Jannicke Hilland (CEO)
Jan Erik Kjerpeseth (Chairman)
RevenueIncrease2.svg NOK 3,554 million (2006)
NOK 5,100 million (2018)
NOK 1,700 million (2018)
Number of employees
1,200 (2019)
Parent Statkraft (47.9%)
Bergen municipality (37.8%)
16 other municipalities
Website www.bkk.no

BKK is a Norwegian power company based in Bergen. BKK is owned by Statkraft (47.9%), Bergen municipality (37.8%) and 16 other municipalities between Sognefjorden and Hardangerfjorden. It performs production and distribution of electricity. Annual production is 7 TWh produced at 29 hydroelectric power plants.

Operations

BKK is the second largest power grid owner in Norway (after Hafslund) with 245,000 grid customers. The company also offered broadband, cable television and as well as the district heating system in Bergen. The main office is located in Bergen. BKK also holds partial ownership of the power companies Sogn og Fjordane Energi (38.51%) and Sognekraft (44.44%).

The power stations operated by BKK include Dale, Evanger, Fana, Fosse, Fossmark, Frøland, Grønsdal, Hellandfoss, Herlandsfoss, Hommelfoss, Kløvtveit, Kollsnes cogenereation plant, Kvittingen, Lundsæter, Matre, Myra, Myster, Møllefossen, Nygård, Oksebotn, Osvatn, Rådal biogas plant, Steinsland, Stend, Takle, Trengereid, Tøsse, Ulvik, Vemundsbotn, Åsebotn.

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